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Skydiving – full of win

I made a few parachute jumps 15 years ago, and have wanted to start again ever since. So I took the plunge and booked an AFF course with Phil Curtis of Air Supply, who is based at BPS Langar in Nottinghamshire. I completed the ground-school and the first 7 levels (plus one retake) in two days. In October. In the UK.

The training from Phil was absolutely first class, and I was more than happy to provide a testimonial for his website. So if you’ve found this blog post while looking for an AFF instructor, there you go: I can’t recommend Phil highly enough. And, if you were in any doubt, the testimonials on his website are real – I’m the handsome chap with the blue ProTec helmet and pink goggles.

Here’s why Phil gets my thumbs up:

  • Phil’s enormous skydiving experience
  • his obvious love of the sport, and of teaching the sport
  • full one-on-one attention from Phil himself
  • business-like, professional, no-bull approach to the training
  • very relaxed when not in the classroom, in the aircraft or in freefall
  • helmet-mounted video of every dive (Phil’s helmet, of course!)
  • and the Air Supply AFF course, believe it or not, is an absolute bargain: video included, BPA membership included, gear-hire for consolidation jumps included, and reasonable retake fees

So that’s it. A skydiver. And completely hooked. Who’d have thought it?

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